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Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing 11(2):p 41-43, May-August 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijsn.2277.467X.11222.4
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Guideline Based Management of Inhalational Burns
Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Boney George Joseph, Jacob Antony Chakiath
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Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing 11(2):p 41-43, May-August 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijsn.2277.467X.11222.4
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Boney George Joseph, Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Jacob Antony Chakiath/Guideline Based Management of Inhalational Burns/ Indian J Surg Nurs. 2022;11(2):41–43.Timeline
Received : April 29, 2022
Accepted : May 30, 2022
Published : August 30, 2022
Abstract
Majority of the fire-related deaths results not from burns but from inhalation of the toxic products of combustion and inhalation injury has high mortality rate especially when patients require ventilator support for more than 1 week after injury. Early diagnosis of bronchopulmonary injury is thus critical for survival and is conducted primarily clinically, based on a history of closed space exposure, facial burns, and carbonaceous debris in mouth, pharynx, or sputum. Chest radiographs are routinely normal until complications, such as infections, have developed. Neither normal oxygenation nor normal chest radiographs exclude the diagnosis of inhalational burns. However, signs such as hoarseness, carbonaceous sputum, wheeze, and dyspnea are strongly suggestive of inhalation injury. A proper guideline-based management is needed for early diagnosis of inhalational burns and also for keeping a check on unwanted interventions. Here we present a case report on a patient who suffered thermal burns due to kerosene over face, breast and right upper limb who on presentation had clinical signs suggestive of inhalational burns and was managed with International Society For Burn Injuries (ISBI) guidelines.
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Boney George Joseph, Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Jacob Antony Chakiath/Guideline Based Management of Inhalational Burns/ Indian J Surg Nurs. 2022;11(2):41–43.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijsn.2277.467X.11222.4
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| Received | April 29, 2022 |
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| Published | August 30, 2022 |
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Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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